Mount Wilson NSW 2786
181 addresses · 23 streets
Macquarie Electorate › Blue Mountains LGA › Mount Wilson · 87 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mount Wilson is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 81 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bilpin - Colo - St Albans statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Wilson itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
Getting around. Train station: Bell, 9.5 km west · Airport: RAAF Base Richmond, 39.1 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 83.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 83.4% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 99.2% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 97.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 32.9%
Population by age in Mount Wilson
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Wilson
| House | 34 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Wilson
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Mount Wilson
| English | 33 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Australian | 21 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Other | 6 |
Housing tenure in Mount Wilson
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Wilson
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Mount Wilson
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Wilson
| Greece | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,444 bird observations recorded near Mount Wilson — most often seen:
- Superb Lyrebird (405)
- Pied Currawong (271)
- Eastern Spinebill (238)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (190)
- Brown Thornbill (187)
- Crimson Rosella (153)
- White-browed Scrubwren (152)
- Superb Fairy-wren (151)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (135)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (135)
- Satin Bowerbird (133)
- Eastern Whipbird (109)
- Striated Thornbill (99)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Wilson
- Laughing Kookaburra (97)
- Australian Magpie (90)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (89)
- White-throated Treecreeper (85)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (78)
- Grey Fantail (77)
- Australian King-parrot (66)
- Rose Robin (59)
- Red-browed Finch (57)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (54)
- Australian Raven (50)
- Eurasian Blackbird (50)
- Flame Robin (50)
- Black-faced Monarch (46)
- Brown Gerygone (46)
- New Holland Honeyeater (46)
- Red Wattlebird (46)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Mount Wilson:
- Mount Tomah (5.6 km)
- Berambing (6.8 km)
- Mount Irvine (8 km)
- Bell (9.5 km)
- Dargan (11.5 km)
- Bilpin (12.3 km)
- Hartley Vale (14.5 km)
- Clarence (14.7 km)
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Streets
- Applecot Lane (1)
- Beowang Road (2)
- Church Lane (15)
- Daintree Lane (1)
- Davies Lane (4)
- Du Faurs Rocks Road (1)
- Farrer Road (16)
- Galwey Lane (3)
- Hay Lane (2)
- Hillcrest Avenue (3)
- Mill Road (2)
- Mount Irvine Road (24)
- Mount Wilson Road (3)
- Phelps Road (2)
- Queens Avenue (11)
- Shadforth Road (2)
- Smiths Road (6)
- Stephen Lane (2)
- The Avenue (23)
- Waterfall Road (4)
- Wyndham Avenue (7)
- Wynnes Lookout Road (23)
- Wynnes Rocks Road (24)
